Rabi crops Subject: Geography Context: Wheat, mustard lead rabi crops coverage, total area up 7% Details of rabi crop: The government’s target of foodgrains output in 2022-23 (both kharif and rabi) is 328 mt, which is nearly 4 per cent higher than actual production of 2021-22. Wheat acreage has increased by 15 per […]

    Rabi Crops Topic: Agriculture Section: Cropping pattern Context- Russian invasion of Ukraine is happening when Indian farmers seem set to harvest a bumper Rabi (winter-spring) crop. Their prices have all firmed up, due to the war-induced disruption of grain trade via the Black Sea and Russian banks being blocked from the international payments […]

Subject : Agriculture Context : Rabi sowing has crossed 100 lakh ha. Abundant monsoon rains boost prospects and also coverage of wheat and pulses rises. Concept : Rabi crops or Rabi harvest are agricultural crops sown in winter and harvested in the spring in the South Asia. The term is derived from the Arabic word […]